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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what Shakespearean play is Gloucester blinded?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Henry IV.
(d) Henry VI.

2. The author says in "The Immediate Theatre", "At least one can see that everything is a _______ for something and nothing is a _______ for everything."
(a) Banality.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Truth.
(d) Language.

3. The aim of acting exercises and improvisation in rehearsals is always the same, according to the actor, which is what?
(a) To forget their worries.
(b) To aid in remembering lines.
(c) To get away from Deadly Theatre.
(d) To find a system of Truth.

4. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?
(a) Theatre conditions.
(b) Playwriting.
(c) Acting.
(d) Architecture.

5. Brook claims, "Personally, I find staging _______ can be more thoroughly enjoyable than any other form of theatre."
(a) A mime show.
(b) A musical.
(c) A Surrealist production.
(d) An opera.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes that "most people could live perfectly well without any ____ at all--and even if they regretted its absence it would not hamper their functioning in any way."

2. The author states, "When Brecht was alive, it was the ______ of West Berlin who flocked to his theatre in the East."

3. The Rough Theatre deals with men's what?

4. "If rehearsals are short, ______ is inevitable--but everyone deplores it, naturally," according to the author.

5. The true meaning of a theatre piece only becomes apparent when an audience is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

2. How does Shakespeare embody both The Rough Theatre and The Holy Theatre?

3. What does the author discuss as an ideal in Marat/Sade?

4. What does the author say of change and liberation regarding "The Rough Theatre"?

5. What is the rough experience which comes from Marat/Sade?

6. The author gives a formula for creating and defining theatre. What is this formula?

7. What does the author view as the "ideal" training for an actor?

8. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?

9. How does the author view Method acting?

10. How does the author discuss the process of theatre design?

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